THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 325: DUKE OF WAR
The soldier kneeling in front of King Azeroth VI said bitterly "Her majesty, the officials and border guards are simply not to blame! Who would have thought that Captain Sarvo, captain of 10,000 troops in the 1st division, betrayed us, he helped and went with General Kelrun's army to leave Azeroth Kingdom a few days ago! He brought his 10,000 troops and worked with General Kelrun's 35,000 troops to leave Azeroth Kingdom, with the help of Captain Sarvo, no one on the border dared to stop them".
"Captain Sarvo? Why do I seem to have heard of this name?", said King Azeroth VI hesitantly.
The soldier immediately went on to report "Your Majesty, Captain Sarvo is a talented young soldier from our Azeroth Kingdom. At the age of 25, he successfully accepted the trust of King Azeroth V and captained 10,000 troops from the 1st division. As everyone knew, the 1st division was the strongest army belonging to the Azeroth Kingdom among the other 5 divisions. Therefore, anyone capable of captaining 10,000 troops in the 1st division must be strong and intelligent. At least, Captain Sarvo's talent has been recognized since young! Most of the captains of the other 10,000 1st division are over 30 years old, therefore Captain Sarvo is quite famous and is said to have the greatest chance of becoming the 1st division's main general".
Upon hearing the soldier's words, King Azeroth VI became increasingly confused "As long as he continued to be loyal, Sarvo could become the leader of the 1st division, the strongest division in the Kingdom of Azeroth. Why did he decide to go to Myro with his army? Would Myro be able to provide better power than the leader of the 1st division?".
Before the soldier explained, Verlan's figure appeared in the room "Your majesty, it's not strange that Captain Sarvo betrayed us. After all in the military, Sarvo was a disciple of General Kelrun. Even if it wasn't the help of General Kelrun's support, Sarvo would not have been able to take office so quickly. Because of this, people consider Sarvo as the adopted son of General Kelrun! On knowing that his Majesty had allowed Kelrun to remain in the City of Bern, Sarvo must have lost his loyalty to his majesty".
The face of King Azeroth VI instantly became gloomy when he heard Verlan's explanation, he closed his eyes and said "Verlan, what should I do now? Where's the prime minister? If it continues like this, many members of the royal military will betray us considering that General Kelrun has many students in the military of the Kingdom of Azeroth. We must prepare a new plan to hold General Kelrun's students back from rebelling, lest Sarvo happen again".
Seeing the worry of King Azeroth VI, Verlan smiled confidently "The noble one need not worry, not all of General Kelrun's disciples will rebel. The events of Sarvo will not be repeated again, however Sarvo is the adopted son of General Kelrun so it is not strange that he rebelled, but the others are only students so they will not be as brave to fight against the Kingdom of Azeroth. As for the prime minister, he is not now in the palace".
"Where is the prime minister?", asked King Azeroth VI a little angrily "When the state of Azeroth's Kingdom got worse, where did it go?".
"The prime minister is overcoming the Duke of War's resistance to his Majesty" Verlan said explaining "Although bad news continues to happen to the Kingdom of Azeroth, tomorrow your majesty will hear the good news that the Duke War resistance will be over!".
"Are you sure?" said King Azeroth VI hesitating as the War Duke was their biggest problem.
If it wasn't the War Duke's interference, the one who brought Kellrun's corpse back wasn't Myro, but himself. Therefore, King Azeroth VI did not believe the prime minister could solve the problem easily.
Verlan nodded firmly "Your highness need not worry, the prime minister is indeed old enough, but he was once known as the smartest person in Azeroth Kingdom. As the prime minister moves, even the War Duke has to surrender!".
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Away from the Royal Capital of Azeroth, Duke of War's Residence.
As the famous Duke of Azeroth Kingdom, the War Duke certainly had great wealth, powerful military power as well as power in many cities.
But since the 2nd and 3rd divisions along with the combined forces of the nobles of Azeroth Kingdom attacked his territory, the War Duke continued to lose and more than half of his city fell to the Azeroth Kingdom.
Not only that, the War Duke lost a great many troops. Currently, he only has 200,000 troops still standing.
Although the War Duke had gone through many battlefields and had many great strategies, he also had hundreds of thousands of elite troops. But compared to the 2nd division and 3rd division of Azeroth Kingdom, he was not an opponent at all.
The War Duke was in his study, he sat on a chair and was busy staring at the documents he had in his hands.
Despite being in his village, the War Duke still wears armor because he knows, the enemy might send assassins.
After all, if the War Duke dies, his troops must stop fighting so it is not strange that he is targeted by enemy assassins.
The War Duke looked like a 50-year-old old man with long white hair as well as a stern face, the frightening aura of a warrior could be felt from all over his body.
As the War Duke was busy observing the documents in his hands, the door of the study room opened and a man of about 30 years old with short golden hair walked up to the War Duke without the slightest fear of "Grandfathers, why did you call me? Did you finally defeat King Azeroth VI and it's time for me to ascend to the throne?".
The War Duke looked at the man in front of him with great displeasure, if not for the man in front of him this was his own grandson as well as the son of King Azeroth V, he would have killed him out of disrespect.
Right, the man in front of the War Duke was none other than the 1st prince, the grandson of the War Duke.
Breathing out, the War Duke said "Sit down!".
The 1st Prince sat in the front seat of the War Duke's desk, he took the tea glass that had been prepared for him on the top of the workbench before saying "Grandfather, as I said, why did you make me come here? As grandfather knew, I was having lunch with my other noble friends. Therefore, if grandpa's talk isn't something important, I should go".
The War Duke was about to explode in anger, this 1st prince was much worse than all the other princes.
He was a proud man who felt the throne of Azeroth Kingdom was his because he was the oldest child, even though he did not have any ability or talent.
Instead of studying, every day the 1st prince always gathers with young people from noble families or offices for dinner or parties so that either he is unable to fight or has the intelligence to be king.
If it wasn't his grandfather's support, the War Duke, the 1st prince wouldn't have had the slightest chance of becoming king.
The War Duke sighed and began to regret, he was really stupid for having supported a prince like this to become a king "You don't have to worry, grandfather won't talk too long with you".